by Kosonen 543 Replies latest jw friends
"PioneerSchimioneer: While I may believe in God and the Scriptures, what I don't believe in is you. And now you see why."
No problem, that's why I provide scriptures. I am happy if you believe the scriptures. You should not believe me. Let Jesus guide you by the the holy spirit when you read the scriptures.
You're evading the issue, Kosonen.
It's not about me believing you.
It's about YOU denying Jesus.
You say Jesus is the head of the JW congregation and that he doesn't always intervene with every problem, but you ran ahead and disagreed with Jesus' congregation, right?
YOU denied JESUS. You told us that you denied him and his congregation before the elders and got disfellowshipped for it, right? That is the issue. I am not disfellowshipped. I never did that.
"Whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father."--Matthew 10:32-33.
That is the issue.
Kosonen: I send the "Daily Text" some other people too. I have even reduced the number of people I send this because of lack of time.
Most email applications allow you to create groups or lists of email addresses, so that you can send a message to as many people as you need without having to add them all individually. It's a massive time-saver once your mailing list grows beyond a handful of people.
TonusOH,
Thanks for your suggestion.
1 Timothy 4:7 … train yourself with godly devotion as your aim.
How? By following Jesus’ example:
1 Peter 2:21 In fact, to this course you were called, because even Christ suffered for you, leaving a model for you to follow his steps closely. 22 He committed no sin, nor was deception found in his mouth. 23 When he was being insulted, he did not insult in return. When he was suffering, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the One who judges righteously. 24 He himself bore our sins in his own body on the stake, so that we might die to sins and live to righteousness. And “by his wounds you were healed.”
But we must understand the purpose of the heavenly calling. It’s not just to come to a new exotic place, but to form a temporary 1000 year government to govern mankind, because mankind needs a perfect government until the whole mankind has matured in righteousness to the extent that they don’t need any supervisors anymore
Kosonen, this is my point. God indeed changed his original plan. So then, when does the Bible state, or even allude to the "fact" that things will go back to as they were in the beginning? Jesus never taught everlasting life on Earth. Neither did the apostles. No one ever talked about seeing Moses or David again. There's something missing here in the Greek scriptures about everlasting life on Earth. Perhaps I've forgotten it, although I still read the scriptures pretty regularly.
Matthew 5:5 “Happy are the mild-tempered, since they will inherit the earth."
2 Peter 3:13 But there are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting according to his promise, and in these righteousness is to dwell.
Revelation 7:16 They will hunger no more nor thirst anymore, neither will the sun beat down on them nor any scorching heat, 17 because the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, will shepherd them and will guide them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe out every tear from their eyes.”
Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea is no more. 2 I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
